DIY Beauty Dish

[guts80]

As I was falling asleep a couple days ago I suddenly felt a craving for a beauty

dish. Since my "studio equipment" only consist of hot shoe flash I set about

trying to find info on DIY beauty dishes. I came across this little tutorial: <a

href="http://www.diyphotography.net/studio-lighting-flash-mounted-homemade-diy-beauty-dish">[link]</a>

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However I decided to make a few modifications to it. I used a much larger

secondary reflector and used metal wires (uncoiled from an old spiral notebook)

to suspend the primary reflector. The largest circular aluminum pan I could find

was an elliptical aluminum pan that was 1.5 feet on the major axis and 1 feet on

the minor axis. To secure the primary reflector onto the secondary, I punched

holes on the base of the secondary reflector threaded the wires through it, and

created little hooks on the end of the wire to hook onto the side frame of the

aluminum pan.

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What's great about this setup is that it's VERY light so it can be attached onto

your hot shoe with a rubber band without any extra support. The flash (SB-800)

is also able to sufficiently balance the dish as seen in the picture.

Here's a picture of the final completed contraption: <a

href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/49893054/">DIY Beauty Dish</a>

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The above link also has links to a sample/comparison picture and a 100% crop to

show catch lights.<div></div>

[sublimeimages]

Thanks for the info I will definitely tinker around and put one together. Makes me think of a softbox ringflash.